Modernity meets Prehistory
The exhibition »Big Bang of Art« is being created in cooperation with the Frobenius Institute, Frankfurt, and once again explores this artistic debate. Around 80 works on loan allow the rock paintings to enter into a dialogue with works of modern art and create a link with, among others, the art of Joseph Beuys, who described himself as a »reborn cave artist« and of whom the Landesmuseum Darmstadt owns the largest complex of works with the »Block Beuys«.
Furthermore, works by Joan Miró, Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso, Hans Arp, Willi Baumeister and André Masson are set in relation to the atmospheric cave paintings, including paintings from Altamira in Spain and from the famous »Cave of the Swimmers« in south-western Egypt.